Millennials Under the Microscope As Businesses Look Ahead to Future Workforce, Growth, Leadership
/It seems rarely a month goes by that the Connecticut Business & Industry isn’t posting a new article to its website, publishing a story in its print magazine, or devoting a podcast, into one aspect or another about millennials in the workforce. The numbers explain why.
Read MoreMiddle School, High School Girls See Manufacturing Up Close
/Nearly 100 Connecticut middle and high school girls gained new insight into manufacturing and future career options at the 6th annual Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Making It Real: Girls & Manufacturing Summit held last Tuesday at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield.
Read MoreChange at the Helm of CT Technology Council is Latest in State's Economic Development Landscape
/Less than 10 months after being named as the new CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC), Derek Slap is moving on. It has been a year of new faces and changes in the state’s economic development line-up.
Read MoreEnergy Efficient Connecticut - We're #10
/Connecticut is the nation’s 10th most energy efficient state, according to a new analysis. The state ranked 16th in Home Energy Efficiency, 15th in Vehicle-Fuel Efficiency and 8th in Transportation Efficiency.
Read MoreStart-up Companies from Seven Countries Land in Hartford’s Urban Hub, Seek to Advance by Working with Local, National Industries
/Upward Labs, Connecticut’s first pilot lab for tech companies creating the future of smart buildings and aged care, is hosting an interactive demonstration of its inaugural cohort’s technologies on October 22, 2019. Upward Labs Demo Day: The Experience invites the public to participate in a live exhibition of the first cohort’s tech solutions in action, allowing attendees to experience a tech-enabled urban hub in which to live, work, and play.
Read MoreKey to CT Economy, Manufacturing Growth Strongest in Eastern CT
/Eastern Connecticut manufacturing jobs grew four times as fast as the rest of the state between 2015 and 2019, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association is reporting. Two-thirds of all statewide manufacturing job growth during that period took place in the region's 41 communities.
Read MoreConnecticut is a Leading State in Children’s Safety, Review of Cyber Laws Finds
/Connecticut is one of only nine states to receive an “A” grade in a review of laws and policies related to cyberbullying and sexting. Joining Connecticut at the top of the list were Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah.
Read MoreConnecticut Innovations Headed to New Haven As Annual Investment Competition Nears
/Connecticut Innovations, the state’s quasi-public business investment organization that invests in technology, health-care and manufacturing companies in the state, is joining the state’s innovators where they live.. in New Haven.
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